- title: "Ubuntu 16.04 support"
  removal_date: "2021-06-22"
  removal_milestone: "14.0"
  reporter: joshlambert
  breaking_change: true
  body: |
    Ubuntu 16.04 [reached end-of-life in April 2021](https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle), and no longer receives maintenance updates. We strongly recommend users to upgrade to a newer release, such as 20.04.

    GitLab 13.12 will be the last release with Ubuntu 16.04 support.
